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Kris's trip to Tanzania Fall 2002 (This takes you to the Web site of Northwest Ohio Synodical Women)
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Kris's Kitchen
    Kris's Recipes
            Nutrition Guidelines  
               Limited Time/Limited Budget Guidelines    
               Help with planning & cooking    
            Chicken
            Meat
            Salads
            Snacks, Bread, Cereals, Beverages & Desserts
            Soups
            Vegetables
    Food Resources
            Healthy Fats
                Coconut Oil & Flour 
                Coconut Cream/Spread   
                Cod Liver Oil  
                Butter
            Herbs  
            Meat
            Milk
                Kefir, yogurt & Sour Milk
                Cheese   
            Nuts   
            Sea Salt
            Seasonings
            Stevia  
            Useful tools     
         Vegetables   
         Wild Rice    
    Odds and Ends
            Acid-Base Balance   
                Apple Cider Vinegar   
            Essential Fatty Acids
                Chia Seeds
                Pasture-raised meat 
            Goitrogen (cabbage family) precautions  
            Grains & Beans - their proper treatment  
               Gluten-free
            Know Your Fats   
               Cholesterol  
            Kombucha   
            Lemons   
            Minerals & mineral issues   
               Iodine  
               Lithium  
               Magnesium
               Molybdenum     
               Selenium  
               Silicon    
               Strontium    
            Osteoporosis
            Benefits of Raw Milk  
              Brucellosis  
            Spirulina & Chlorella   
            Vitamin issues   
               Acerola - Vitamin C 
               Vitamins A, D & K

Nutrition Issues 
    Letter to a Friend
    Kris's Thoughts
            My Story  
          The Cholesterol controversy
            Nourishing Traditions
            The Fat Question
            The War on Cancer
            The Bottom Line - Healthy Eating Guidelines

      The Good News Page  
           Butter  
           Eggs  
           Raising Healthy Children  
           Real Milk  
           Red Meat   
           Salt   
           Why I believe this is true    

    Carbs and Fats
            Basics
            Fat and Cholesterol Issues
            Healthy Fats You Should Know About
                Omega-3 Fats
                Update on Essential Fats
                Butter
            Carbohydrate Issues 
                 Carb restriction  
                Diabetes  
            Metabolic Typing
            Weight Control   
            Biblical Nutrition   
            Historic Research (Weston A. Price)
            Recommended Books

    Other Food Issues
            Canola Oil  
            Organic Food is Better for Your Health   
                Food  Quality 
            Raw Milk, a political issue  Raw Milk in Ohio
            The Dangers of Soy    
            Supplements  - see also Vitamins and Minerals 
            Enzymes     
            Probiotics    
            Sweeteners & other additives
                Aspartame & MSG   
                Excitotoxins    
                Fructose

   Other Health Issues 
            Alternative Approaches to stubborn health problems   
         Beneficial practices     
            Cancer  
               Cancer Stories  
            Cosmetics 
            Digestive Issues   
               Enzymes   
            Divisive Issues of Our Age  
            Excessive Influence of Commercial interests
                 Drugs 
                 Food - Grocery Store Blues    
            Fiber  
            Health Freedom Issues     
                 Why is this such an issue?   
                 Avian Flu & other scare tactics  
            Heart Disease   
            Light, full spectrum      
            Microwaving  
            Obesity, Diabetes, Syndrome X   
               Low Carbohydrate Diets 
               Public Policy & Obesity 
               Determining Ideal Body Weight      
            Stories of Return to Health  
            Supporting a Healthy Gut     
               The FailSafe Diet for food intolerances 
            Teflon Troubles   
            Thyroid           
            Vegetarianism  
               Hallelujah Diet  
               Mediterranean Diet   
               Raw Food diets   
               Sprouting 
            Water
            Other Nutrition Concerns (Odds & Ends)

   Justice Issues
        The High Cost of Cheap Food    
        Cheap Food Policy - a Fallacy
            Key to Prosperity - Alternatives to Cheap Food policies 
            A New Vision - for prosperous farm communities   
            Benefits of Small Farm Agriculture  
            Ending Poverty  
            Ending Hunger  
            Free Trade by Derrick Jensen
            Tanzania: Imperialism, the state and the peasantry
            Fair Trade - Sources
            Slow Food Movement
            Alternatives to Consumerism  
            Simple Living   
            Food First Institute    
            Food Security - Justice for Our Farmers
            Finding local food sources
            All things Organic - flowers, ecobags, "green" products, etc.  

    Environmental Issues - Issues and Myths
         The Earth Charter       
            The Green Revolution   
                 Immigration  
            Air Quality     
            Economic Justice   
            Food and Behavior    
            Food and Environment (UCS)  
            Genetic Engineering   
                Toxic L-Tryptophan      
             Global Warming - Carbon   
            Mad Cow?  
            Organic agriculture can feed the world!  
            'Sound Science' is Killing Us  
            Toxic Chemicals  
               Chlorine   
               Fluoride & other chemicals   
                    Chemical Exposure  
               Detoxing 
            Urban Agriculture  
     Political Issues
           Politics of Food   
           NAIS    
           'Sound Science' is Killing Us                    

    Favorite Web sites   
        Weston A Price Foundation  
           Toledo WAPF Chapter
           Local Eco Resources 
           Other WAPF friendly sites  
        Health care providers and info providers:
           Andersen, Arden, D.O., Ph.D.  
           Dr. Stephen Byrnes' articles   
           Cowen, Thomas, M.D. 
           Getoff, David, ND, CN    
           Groves, Barry, PhD  
           Lipski, Liz, PhD, CCN  
           Mercola, Joseph, DO   
           O'Shea, Tim, DC - thedoctorwithin   
           Sears, Al, MD  
           Sullivan Krispin, CN  
           Regaining Health Naturally  
        Health Truth Revealed           
           Cholesterol & Health.com   
           QuackpotWatch     
           Paleo  Diet   
        Other Websites 
           Acres USA    
           Bioneers  
           Freecycle  
           Housing - Ohio's first Earthship   
           Northwestern Ohio Synodical Women     
           Selene River Press   
           Simple Living   
           Soil & Health Library    
           Sojourners Magazine   
           Environmental sites   
           Scandinavian Club of Toledo         

   Books worth reading - Kris's Book List - Books on Food & Politics
       *Organic Gardening/EcoAg Books     
         Against The Grain   
         Beating Cancer with Nutrition  
         Dangerous Grains  
         Diet for a Dead Planet   
         Digestive Wellness  
         Dr. Bernstein's Diabetes Solution  
         Dr. Mercola's books 
         Eat Fat, Lose Fat  
         Fast Food Nation   
         Fateful Harvest  
         Fiber Menace  
         Financial Reckoning Day
         Gut and Psycholgy Syndrome   
         Heart Frauds  
         Lipitor,® Thief Of Memory 
         Nourishing Traditions  
         Nutrition and Physical Degeneration   
         Our Stolen  Future  
         Patient, Heal Thyself   
         Performance without Pain    
         Seeds of Deception   
         The Body Ecology Diet  
         The Cholesterol Myths  
         The Crazy Makers  
         The Doctor's Heart Cure        
         The Fourfold Path to Healing   
         The Great Cholesterol Con  
         The Maker's Diet  
         The Modern Nutritional Diseases   
         The Omega-3 Connection  
       The Omnivore’s Dilemma by Michael Pollan     
       The Detox Book    
         The Untold Story of Milk   
       The Whole Soy Story  
         Trust Us, We're Experts  
          Wild Fermentation    

Gardening and Farming
    Organic Gardening
            Basic Info
            Brix testing 
                  Refractometers  
            Gardening for Maximum Nutrition (more about brix testing)  
                  Fertilizer Sources  
                  Microbial Sources   
                  Plant deficiencies   
                  Companion Planting     
                  Subtle Energies/Ormus, Terra preta   
                  Growing sprouts     
            Explore Further
            Where to ask questions
                   Northwest Ohio Organic Forum
            Composting - including worm composting and humanure
            Fruit Growing
            Permaculture  
            Pest Control/Weeds
            Pruning - Don't Top Those Trees!
            Rock Dusts & Sea Solids     
            Seed Sources
            Soil Testing
    Eco-Farming (Sustainable Agriculture)
            What is Eco-Agriculture?
            Agricultural Justice Issues  
            Certification/Food Labels   
               Certified Naturally Grown  
               Certified Humane   
            Don't Panic, Eat Organic - 
                        the organic grower's homepage  
            Homesteading
                Raising poultry
            Mini-Farms  
            The Family Friendly Farm
            Sea Energy Agriculture
            Sustainable Ag Resources
            Sustainable Farming Organizations     
            Soil Foodweb
            Soil Testing/Ag Consultants
            Biodynamic Agriculture 
            Volunteer Opportunities  
     Food Sources
            Pasture raised meat
            Locally grown food
            Real (Raw) Milk
            Other Info
    Gardening for Wildlife
            Getting Started
            Plant Sources
            Organizations
            Butterflies
                Introduction to Butterfly Gardening
               Ponds

   Wisdom Passages
           An Indictment of Our Times Amos 5: 10-12, 24
           Be  Wise Ephesians 5:15-17
           Gifts from God James 1:17-20  
           God's Good Gifts Exodus 3:7-8
           God's Intentions James 1:27
           God's Judgment on those who ignore Justice  
                      Hosea 10:4, Amos 2:6, 5:7, Amos 8:4,7
           God's Love for His People Isaiah 43:1-7 
           God's Vision of a Just World  Isaiah 65:21-22
           God's Wisdom 1 Corinthians 3: 18-20  
           How I Found Peace with God   Brian Shilhavy     
           Judgment On Corrupt Leaders Jeremiah 23: 1-2
           Oh, ye wealthy James 5:1-3   
              On Commitment   Margaret Mead
           On Government George Washington
           On Technology Einstein
           The Dividing Wall of Hostility Ephesians 2:13, 14
           The Earth is the Lord's Psalm 24:1  
             The Good Shepherd Ezekiel 34: 11-22
           The Power of God's Love Ephesians 3:18-20
           The Web of Life Chief Seattle  
              Warnings Against False Teachers   1 Timothy 4:1-3  
           What did God intend? Romans 13:4, Amos 5:23-24
           Wisdom Gives a Feast Proverbs 9: 1-6

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